Eliza Lucas Pinckney led a fascinating life as a wealthy manager of a plantation, legal adviser, and member of colonial South Carolina's high society. She was also responsible for a major breakthrough that made her colony even more fabulously wealthy. We're going to read about her story using her personal letters.

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